Just days after Typhoon Phanfone left three American servicemen dead on Japan's Okinawa Island, Typhoon Vongfong battered its shores once again with ferocious winds and drenching rain before weakening overnight on Sunday. Dozens have been injured and at least one fisherman is missing. One American is among the injured, according to some Japanese media reports.
The storm reached the southwestern tip of the four main Japanese islands Monday and should reach Tokyo by Tuesday. Authorities issued landslide warnings and told at least 375,000 people to evacuate on Kyushu as Vongfong approached.
At least 52 people have been injured nationwide, according to NHK. Both a man in his twenties and a nine-year-old girl had fingers severed when high winds slammed doors shut.
“These are two separate cases, but in both cases they lost one of their fingers as the door closed violently due to the strong winds,” a local official told the Japan Times.
Several elderly people In Okinawa City and Uruma sustained injuries in falls, according to the Okinawa Times. More injuries were reported in Ginowan, Yomitanson and Yaese-cho.
The Asahi Shimbun, a national newspaper, said three Chinese fishermen were swept into the Pacific Ocean by high waves in Shizuoka Prefecture, well east of Vongfong's core, on Sunday morning. Two of the fishermen were rescued, but the third remains missing.
http://www.weather.com/safety/hurricanes/vongfong-okinawa-japan-20141012
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